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How to do Cardiac surgery

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According to the National Institutes of Health, a CABG takes from four to six hours. It is generally done following these basic steps:

1.The patient is given general anesthesia. This ensures that the patient will be asleep and pain free through the whole surgery.

2.The surgeon makes an 8- to 10-inch cut in the chest.

3.The surgeon cuts through all or part of the patient’s breastbone to expose the heart.

4.Once the heart is visible, the patient may be connected to a heart-lung bypass machine. The machine moves blood away from the heart so that the surgeon can operate. Some newer procedures do not use this machine.

5.The surgeon uses a healthy vein or artery to make a new path around the blocked artery.

6.The surgeon closes the breastbone with wire, leaving the wire inside the body.

7.The original cut is stitched up.

Sometimes sternal plating is done for people at high-risk, such as people of advanced age or people who have had multiple surgeries. This is when the breastbone is rejoined with small titanium plates after the surgery.

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